News about Restoring the Presumption of Innocence conference

- Set to be a huge success at a later date.

Now for important news about our exciting conference.

After much deliberation, Australians for Science and Freedom and Mothers of Sons have made the difficult decision to reschedule our conference on Restoring the Presumption of Innocence. It will now take place on August 31, 2024. The venue will still be Rushcutters Bay, Sydney.

The hostile media attacks following the announcement of the conference and attempt by professional agitators to close the event down have detracted from the important goal of our conference – namely to draw attention to the current crisis in our justice system.

As I have explained, right now 400 current sexual assault cases are being audited by NSW public prosecutors to determine whether, as 6 judges have claimed, such cases are being pushed through to trial with insufficient evidence. The rot in the system is being exposed. The time is right for proper public discussion about what is going on here.

Our conference was never about any one individual and the bizarre overreaction to the proposed inclusion of Bruce Lehrmann in our program was all about trying to divert attention from the important issues we are raising. We will not allow activists to highjack the vital agenda to be discussed by the unique panel of experts appearing at our conference and, for this reason, Lehrmann has decided not to speak.  

It is in the interests of the audience and our speakers to postpone the conference for a few months to allow the dust to settle and provide us with the opportunity to reach beyond the noisy rabble to thoughtful individuals who might like to join this unique event.

We are now reopening ticket sales to allow more people to attend. Here’s the link. We will have more measures in place to protect everyone attending, creating a safe environment for civilized discussion.

We are writing to ticket holders to inform them of this change and hope most will be able to attend on the revised date. Those unable to attend on the rescheduled date can receive a full refund. We very much regret any inconvenience this decision may have caused all our participants.

It’s very heartening that our speakers are still on board, despite the flak some have received. And we have had a flood of people keen to participate so we will be making some changes to the lineup.   

The event is definitely going ahead. We have already sold sufficient tickets to make this a huge success, with our fundraiser helping to ensure we have the funds to cover costs. Thanks so much to all our generous donors. We hope many more people will now join us for this historic conference.

We are delighted to announce the conference will also be live streamed for free across the world, on TNT Radio. We are keen to ensure this important discussion reaches an international audience but we will need to do massive promotion to tell people this is happening and get them to tune in. Any financial support you can give to make this happen is most appreciated. Here’s the link to the fundraiser.  

Please spread the word and tell people that tickets are now on sale – right here on the ASF website.